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install alien on CentOS 6
Posted: 2011/09/30 00:22:16
by cccc
hi
Howto install [b][size=72]alien[/size][/b] package on CentOS 6
Re: install alien on CentOS 6
Posted: 2011/10/01 10:30:06
by kmuzheri
One way to install software is to download the RPM packages for your platform eg Cent OS 6, i386 or x86_64. Using this approach you will have to manually handle dependency problems. For Alien, try to follow the link below:
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/16442959/dir/redhat_el_6/com/perl-Alien-wxWidgets-0.50-1.el6.rf.i686.rpm.html
used for Building, finding and using wxWidgets binaries.
Hope it helps
install alien on CentOS 6
Posted: 2011/10/01 12:49:45
by pschaff
I gave up on alien years ago due to its problems with dependencies and other shortcomings, which may well be why none of the usual 3rd party repos supply it. It is far better to try to obtain a native package with proper dependencies specified for whatever software you require, or if necessary to create or [url=http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/RebuildSRPM]rebuild[/url] one. If there is a specific package you need please ask about it in a fresh topic.
Re: install alien on CentOS 6
Posted: 2013/11/22 11:58:47
by sieger007
so far its all dependency quick sand . I wonder if someone actually succeeded in getting up and running and post his exp here
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error: Failed dependencies:
debhelper is needed by alien-8.88-2.fc18.noarch
dpkg is needed by alien-8.88-2.fc18.noarch
perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.16.3) is needed by alien-8.88-2.fc18.noarch
error: Failed dependencies:
dpkg-perl is needed by debhelper-9.20120909-1.fc18.noarch
html2text is needed by debhelper-9.20120909-1.fc18.noarch
perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_5.16.3) is needed by debhelper-9.20120909-1.fc18.noarch
po-debconf is needed by debhelper-9.20120909-1.fc18.noarch
Re: install alien on CentOS 6
Posted: 2013/11/22 12:58:18
by TrevorH
You cannot just take an rpm from a different distro (fc18) and install it on CentOS. At a minimum you need to take the SRPM and rebuild it on a CentOS machine and also rebuild all its dependencies...
Re: install alien on CentOS 6
Posted: 2013/11/22 13:13:10
by sieger007
Thanks that'd be the ideal way .On the quick
And dirtier side -I had luck with pdfedit
that I borrowed from Fedora
So gave it thumb shot.
Good luck is good because it doesn't not always
Happen
So - coming back ....any Guru wanting
to post his Mantra ?
Re: install alien on CentOS 6
Posted: 2013/11/22 13:24:28
by TrevorH
Pointless installing a non-native pdfedit when a CentOS version is already available in the EPEL repository.
Re: install alien on CentOS 6
Posted: 2013/11/22 13:30:05
by sieger007
Point in the pointless.. I wil look around in my house before I head out to the store , again . Thank you
I'd be nice if someone who made this work speaks over here ...
Re: install alien on CentOS 6
Posted: 2013/11/22 14:01:10
by TrevorH
No one else has had any input on this thread since 2011 so I doubt if anything will be forthcoming now. Trying to use packages form other distributions is a dead end, far better to learn how to do it properly and build them yourself in the first place. You might also benefit from looking at
http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories to see what alternate sources of packages currently exist.